2024 Athenaeum Lecture Series: “Political Engagement in New Hampshire: Past and Present”
Every election year brings challenges, surprises and some stand-out personalities. The 2024 Athenæum Lecture Series focuses in on electoral issues and people of importance to the electoral process, including the voter. As first in the nation, New Hampshire’s...Upcoming Athenaeum Concert Dates
SAVE THE DATES from the Athenaeum Performance Committee ArtsAthenaeum Concert with “The Like Minds Ensemble” Friday, April 26, 2024 7:30 p.m. Sawtelle Reading Room The Portsmouth Athenaeum Chamber Music offers this ArtsAtheneaum Concert featuring...PROGRAM FULL! The Great Escape and Emigration of Scientists from Totalitarian Europe 1933-1943 with Dr. Fred Schubert
Thursday, March 28, 2024 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library The personal stories and work of some scientists, and a surgeon, who left their lives behind and contributed important work in adopted countries during a most turbulent period. As a consequence, continental...New Books in the Library
The new book list is here! It might be a Leap Year, but you don’t have to wait four years for the latest books available in the library. Proprietors and Subscribers, click on the button below to discover the new books now available in the library. February New...First in the Nation: New Hampshire Presidential Primaries – 1920 to 2020
Since 1920, New Hampshire has hosted the first presidential primary in the nation. As a small state with a long tradition of political engagement, New Hampshire has an extraordinarily successful record picking the primary candidates who ultimately win their respective...New Books in the Library
The new book list is here! New year, new books for you to check out in the library. Proprietors and Subscribers, click on the button below to discover the new books now available in the library. December New Books Not a Proprietor or a Subscriber? Find out how you can...Update on the Portsmouth Plaque Program
The Portsmouth Historic Plaque Committee, a legacy project originating from the PNH400 2023 celebrations is continuing into 2024! It’s now through the Portsmouth Historical Society. Please click here to be redirected to the Portsmouth Historical Society. Get...“Clothes for a Sustainable Future: Growing Flax, Processing Linen, and Weaving Cloth in Early New Hampshire” with Dr. Kimberly Alexander
Wednesday, December 13, 2023 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library “….in all Joshua Sow’d about 1½ Bu. & ½ peck flax Seed.” Samuel Lane, Almanack, May I, 1769 The history of flax and linen—its cultivation, production, sale, and trade–is an...“Eastward of Good Hope: Early America in a Dangerous World” with Dane A. Morrison
Wednesday, December 6, 2023 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library American identity has always been shaped by its relationship with the wider world. At the moment of its independence in 1783, the new nation was a poor and powerless state trying to survive in a...Events Calendar
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